On 6/30/09, Mark wrote: > All of mine have always been outside and I have never had any > problems with any of that. I feel that the sun shine and air > does them good. Every year I do have to be on my gaurd because > of hurracanes we get. But I do find that they breed better > when outside. I use hard wirecloth on the bottomh of my > flights and of course the inside part is wood. To keep > perditors out I have an electric fence.

I am not the least bit interested in breeding. I think there are far too many birds in need of homes already. The ones I have are rescues and adoptees, most of which if brought on by too many birds and too many people buying them who don't know what they are getting into. Too many breeders flooding pet stores with bird mill birds. Reputable breeders that I know, do it on a very small scale and only inside where chicks can be hand fed and accustomed to humans, almost from the start. That does not happen with any aviary birds that I know. I also have to be on GUARD as I also live where there are HURRICANES and many types of PREDATORS. I guess to breed or not to breed is the main difference between us. By the way, I think you may mean you use hardware cloth.